Tracheal schwannoma presenting as status asthmaticus in a sixteen-year- old boy: Airway considerations and removal with the CO2 laser

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 393-397

  Weiner, Daniel J ^a,b   Weatherly, Robert A ^a   DiPietro, Michael A ^a   Sanders, Georgiana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; CO2 laser; Intratracheal tumor; Neurilemmoma; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMATIC STATE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEURILEMOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA TUMOR; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NEURILEMMOMA; SPIROMETRY; STATUS ASTHMATICUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031843314     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199806)25:6<393::AID-PPUL7>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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